An extract from the 2019 edition of Europe, The Middle East
and Africa Investigations Review, originally published in June
2019 by Global Investigations Review.
Excerpt: The year 2018 brought mixed news for
anti-corruption and enforcement action in the UK. While long-term
anti-corruption plans – including the possible introduction
of an offence of failure to prevent economic crime – continue
to gather pace, changes in senior management at the Serious Fraud
Office (SFO) and a series of setbacks in high-profile prosecutions
have meant that short-term progress has been somewhat lacking.
Nonetheless, the use of innovative new anti-corruption tools,
coupled with a clarification of the law on the availability of
legal professional privilege as it applies to investigations, means
that the UK continues to be a key player in the global
anti-corruption movement. This chapter explores recent developments
in anti-corruption enforcement and investigations and offers
insight into
